Recent content by KurtTeej

I have a question that I'm posing for a friend of mine because we are both a little stumped. A little background --> he launched a product review/affiliate revenue website back in October of 2018. He's gotten some very good press for what he's doing, including coverage from FastCompany. He...

I've got a client that recently did what I'll call a "refresh". When this client described the project, they described it as a redesign, but they also rolled out a new method of building the pages rather than just delivering straight html code. I've been monitoring the Coverage reports to make...

I use SEMRush --> definitely not perfect but I find it to be a really good resource used in combination with search console, ga, etc.

Since the January algorithm update, I've been really busy with a bunch of clients. Has anyone noticed a change in the length of meta descriptions before Google adds in the [...] at the end and truncates the rest of the description? I'm noticing that the length looks to be about 125ish...

I've got a couple of clients where device-types have been shifting. We all know "the world is going mobile" -- but my question is actually about tablets. Normally, i don't give a crap about tablets (i dont optimize specifically for them - its desktop or phone). Tablets are not nearly as...

I've been using SEMRush for several years both as an employee and as a 'shop owner'. A client granted me access to their MOZ account a couple of weeks ago so that I could see what it was that he was talking about and I have to tell you -- their tool does only a little bit more than my...

The 301 'used to' lose about 20% of its link juice, but that has changed so that it essentially passes all of its link juice over. A 302 is a temporary redirect and should only be used, as it states, temporarily.

From a timing perspective, this is pretty much expected. 3 of the last 5 years there's been something of a decent size in the last week of September.

I use mailchimp and i work with a client that uses Constant Contact. I do not recommend Constant Contact -- they're a little messy inside the company. mailchimp is pretty good though. good capabilities and decent pricing model after you outgrow the free level.

The index score itself should only be used as a guide. I try to follow the suggestions and the optimization tips that are contained in the report, but i think that the most important items are the Lighthouse Lab report values. There's a high correlation to high rankings in good timings for...

That's a really broad question. THE most important thing for search is to create/produce/publish good content. You can have the most highly optimized site from a technical perspective, but if your content sucks you won't get (or most importantly) you won't KEEP any ranking you achieve. I've...

Do any of these domains have any key terms that would help represent what the site is going to be about? While it's a little passe to do this now, but it definitely helps -- if for no other reason, it helps users search for the brand name, which is a positive signal.

One of my clients took a hit of about 4-5%. It's sortof in the health vertical so it looks like a continued set of updates related to August '18, March '19, May '19

I've been watching things on these boards for a while, i figured I'd get more from the site actually participating. I've been doing SEO for about a decade for places like TheStreet and a company called Purch (sites include space.com, livescience.com, tomshardware.com, tomsguide.com, etc.)...

One of my clients definitely took a bit of a hit -- looks very similar to the string of updates hitting the health vertical (at least for this client). Not a tremendous hit, but looks like about 4-5% down